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Magistrates were told that the officer shouted at Larkin to “drop it” and was able to remove the knife from his grip.

Larkin, of Woodhead Close in Sheepridge, was initially charged with assaulting the constable as well as possessing the knife but this charge against him was dropped at an earlier hearing at the Huddersfield court.

Sonia Kidd, mitigating, said that her client suffered from “psychological pressures” and had intended to harm himself that day.